Judge Profile:

Judge
Thomas William
Bibus

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed July 10, 2000. Elected in 2002, 2008, and 2014. Current term expires Jan. 2021.

Education:

J.D., Hamline University School of Law, 1979

M.B.A., Management, University of Saint Thomas, 1978

B.A., University of Minnesota, 1970

Employment:

Deputy Chief Public Defender, First Judicial District, 1998-2000

Assistant Public Defender, First Judicial District, 1994-1998

Attorney in Private Practice, Bibus and Larson, 1987-1994

Part Time Public Defender and Attorney in Private Practice; O’Connell, Hopper, Stacey and Bibus; 1984-1987

Assistant Dakota County Attorney, 1980-1984

Additional Information:

Judge Bibus is the lead judge in Goodhue County for the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Children’s Justice Initiative. He is also a member of the First Judicial District Executive Committee. Since 2002 he has served on the State Court Advisory Committee’s Tribal Court State Court Forum.